Heel & Hull

Welcome to Heel & Hull. I’m Julian.

They want you to believe that sailing requires a digital dashboard, a six-figure debt, and a plastic hull designed to last ten years. I don’t buy it.

I celebrate the survivors. The heavy displacement legends, the over-engineered fiberglass, and the classic lines built back when shipyards cared more about blue water than profit margins. Boats with grease on the engine block and soul in the woodwork—machines you can actually repair with a wrench and some grit, miles away from a cell tower.

Here, we dig into the grit of refits, the raw design of classic naval architecture, and the untold history of the yards that refused to cut corners.

If you believe a boat should be an asset, not a liability, you found your crew.

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